The Florida Trio, rag doll act / Mensch oder Puppe / эксцентрика с куклой, ca. 1950

Описание: "Cavalcade of Stars", ca. 1950

The thumbnail picture is taken from Billboard 15. Okt. 1949
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Florida-Trio in ihrer Szene »Am Gepäckschalter«, Mensch oder Puppe?

Billboard - 18. June 1949 - page 45
"The Florida Trio, two males and a fem, have a terrific novelty in bringing out one of the lads in a "Raggedy Ann" outfit, after which the boy shows the tops in double-jointed and rubber arm stuff. Other male and fem do almost unbelievable tricks with the lad's extra supple joints"

Billboard - 16. Juli 1949
"The Florida Trio (two men, one girl) did an amusing rad doll number against a set that was tied into their billing. The act, recently caught at the Latin Quarter, did well here, though not as well as in a cafe."

Billboard - 15. Oct. 1949 - page 54
"The act has been previously caught at the Latin Quarter and Palace as the Florida Trio. The group does the rag doll-in-a-trunk routine, getting good results all the way"

Billboard, 29. July 1950 - page 78
"Stage highlight is the appearance of the Florida Trio, one of the most unusual act ever to appear on the Follies. Made up of two men and a gal. This act is patterned after the famous Lime Trio that set London music hall audiences on their ears years ago. Principal is a man contortionist, likes of which has never being seen here before."

Billboard, - 23. Dec. 1950 -- page 37
"The Florida Trio a standard novelty act, which has worked a lot in the U.S.A., was smooth and clever, finishing to solid hands"

Billboard, - 30. June 1951- page 113
"The Florida Trio, which toured this county and Canada several seasons under the George A. Hamid banner, are currently in England playing theater dates with Judy Garland show"

Billboard, - 4. July 1953 -- page 13
"Likewise the repeat on novelty agenda is the Florida Trio, currently one of the best presented contortionist act around. "

Mentioned in "Billboard" from 1948 till 1959

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Glen Holman: "Regarding the Florida Trio, I was told that the old-time contortion collector Burns Kattenberg corresponded with this family long ago. They weren't from Florida, as some suppose from their name, but were from Switzerland. The 'doll' was actually the couple's son. They lived in the area of Pittsburgh, PA, when performing in the US and Canada and when finished went back to their home country."